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How easily we forget the struggles it took to birth Labor Day in the Philippines. Today is the only holiday in the calendar that was proclaimed by workers for workers. We've had working-class Filipinos fighting for independence and better working ...

Ilustrados occupy a unique space in Philippine history. They combined the economic freedom of Chinese mestizos and the ideas of Western liberalism to direct the nation toward a whole new path, away from the colonialism of Mother Spain and into an "enlightened" ...